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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
NOTICE:
CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN &
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
Shareholders in the above Com- pany are hereby reminded that an Extraordinary General Meeting will be held on Wednesday, August 24th, 1927, at 2.30 p.m. at the Registered Office of the Company, Pedder Building, Hongkong, when the Extraordinary Resolution pass hd at the Meeting held on August' 3rd, 1927, will be submitted for confirmation as a Special Resolu- tion.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD,
D. L. KING, Secretary. Hongkong, 19th August 1927..
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.
COMPANIES WINDING UP NO. 3 OF 1926.
In The Matter Of The Companies Ordinances 1911-1925.
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and
In The Matter of The RUSSO. ASIATIC BANK.-
NOTICE OF FIRST AND FINAL DIVIDEND TO CREDITORS.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a first and final dividend of One hundred per centum has been declared, in this matter, and that same may be received at my Office, on Tuesday, the 23rd day of August, 1927, or on any sul- sequent week day (excepting Saturdays) between the hours af 10 m. and 4 p.m.
Upon applying for payment, the notice already sent to creditors i must be produced to the undersi signed
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HONGKONG FOOTBALL:
ASSOCIATION.
the above Association must reach Applications for affiliation to
the undersigned by the Hist ne- companied by the necessary fee of Twe Dollars. Nowche affliating Clubs One Dollar entruén fee extra.
W. E. HOLLANDS,
Hon. Secretary.
P. O. Box 2.
HONGKONG FOUN
ASSOCIATION.
REFEREES AFFILIATION, Applications from qualified Re- ferees for Affiliation to the above Association must reach the un- dersigned by the 31st accompanied by the annual subscription of One
TO LET Office Rooms, 2nd Floor, New Hongkong, Bank Building. | Dollar. Apply Sang Kee, same building.
TO LET. From 1st. June, furnish- ed flat at Mount Kellet, No. 196, The Poak. Apply Property Office, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd. COMMODIOUS OFFICES to let In No. 7, Queen's Road Central, aien two 8 offices in 1A, Chater Roxa
Apply E. D. Sassoon and Company, Ltd.
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P. O. Box 233.
HONGKONG FOOTBALL
LEAGUE. Applications for admission to the above League must reach the undersigned on or before the 31st August, accompanied by the en- TO LET.-Five roomed House No.trance fee of Twenty Dollars. No 49, "Granville Road, Kowloon, with | Club can be admitted to the flush and. Sanitary conveniences. Hongkong Football Association. Apply to Spanish Dominican Pro-
W. E. HOLLANDS, curation, Phone No. C.721.
Hon. Secretary,
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FOR SALE.
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LAMMERT'S AUCTIONS
PUBLIC AUCTION.
BY ORDER OF THE OWNER.
Public Auction of the under- mentioned Valuable Properties Situate in the New Territories in the Colony of Hongkong.
New Kowloon Inland Lot No. 53 on which is situated the Tai Wan Glass Factory.
This Lot is situate at Kowloon Bay.
::
A Fish Fond situate at New Kowloon Inland Lot No. 8 in the New Territories.
Lot Nos. 5908 and 5918 in Survey District 1 in the New Territories (Agricultural Lots).
to be sold by
PUBLIC AUCTION.
on THURSDAY,
the 15th September, 1927, at 3 o'clock p.m.
in Four Lots. by
Messrs. LAMMERT BROS., Auctioneers,
at their Safes Room, No. 8,
Duddell Street, Hongkong, For further particulars and conditions of sale apply to
Messrs. HASTINGS, DENNYS
and BOWLEY,
Vender's Solicitors,
8, Des Voeux Road Central. or th
Messrs LAMMERT BROS,, The Auctioneers.
No. 8, Duddell Street. Hongkong, 19th August, 1927.
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The Hirao Maru (993.68 tons),
Out of the crowd of. suspects who were caught in a recent police net, it is learned that only a freighter owned by the Daido nine men still remain in custody Steamship Company at Kobe, which awaiting the outcome of further was raided by more than 30 bandits investigations into their anteced-at Haichow on the night of the 10th,
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Tsingtao on ents. It was discovered these men were recent arrivals August 12, and according to the in the Colony from Singapore and officers of the steamer, Captain Chind coastal ports, and in the Tange, the master, the Japanese case of at least two of them an steersman, a Chinese interpreter, interesting line of investigation and four Chinese passengers were. has been opened up in relation to carried away as hostages, besides recent piracies committed on ships the steamer being looted. The ban-.. sailing from Singapore. What re-dits are demanding $30,000 as ran- sulle may be attained from asom.. thorough search into the past re- King Baggot is the director of cords of these men are still of a
Mr. A. C. W. Lewis, editor of the thrilling race track film, "Down characteristic of the painstaking the Stretch" which is being screen conjectural character, But it is The Englishman, Calcutta, since ed at the Queen's Theatre at all methods of the local plice that 1923, has been appointed editor performances to-day and to-mor- they are leaving no stone up-
row.
THRILLING RACE TRACK STORY.
turned which will help them to of the Straits Tintes. Mr. Lewis, As a spectacle, it is magnificent, discover the source of the re- who was educated at Felated and the race scenes being shot on the cent series of piracies along the Exeter College, Oxford, entered famous Belmont course, with some coast. the best thoroughbreds in America as the "cast."
journalism eighteen years ago at Nottingham, later went to Shef- The Chinese press states that field, and was on the staff of The the strike of the cargo coolies in Times from 1914-1923, 'acting as' Based on the best seller "The Swatow is still proceeding. special correspondent in Deo- Lord Leigh's four Shakespeare Money Rider," the story value is Steamers from the Colony arriving mark and Morocco and as chief Folios were sold at Sotheby's for high and the plot has not been sub- at Swatow with cargo on board correspondent of The Times in £6,000 to Mr. Gabriel Wells, of ected to maltreatment for the have had to come back with the Paris in 1921-1922. He served
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WATER LEVELS.
REPORT FROM BÜARD OF CONSERVANCY WORKS OF KWANGTUNG. WATER-LEVELS IN ENGLISH FEET.
Place of Observation.
on record
Highest W.L. Lowest W.L.
record
W. L. W. La
17/8 18/8
·417.0
28'7
27.3.
West River at Shiubing North River at Tsingyuen North River at Samshui East River at Sheklang
For the 15th.".
For the 16th.
18.8* falling 11.44 falling
11.3
+11.5
6.5 8.3
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